In an effort to reduce gun violence, we teach all things music and entertainment industry and digital media
creation while skillfully weaving in life skills to Washington DC area artists,
high school students,vulnerable youth and returning citizens.
ACADEMY DC YOUTH WORK
The Academy DC is now at Kingman PCS on Capitol Hill in the District of Columbia and is now gearing up for placement at middle and high schools in DC, Maryland and Virginia.
Contact us at creativesolutions4youth@gmail.com for details.
Attendance Numbers Are Up For Our Students at Kingman!
Potomac Gardens Summer Camp for Youth funded by Mayor Bowser and the DMPSJ
For the past 3 years, Creative Solutions 4 Youth Inc & The Center for Non Profit Advancement have serviced Eastern High School & L’Enfant Plaza metro for Safe Passage to insure safety of DCPS youth to and from school.
Academy DC Makin Moves Travel Program take 20 DC Youth to NYC & Atlanta!
WORK WITH RETURNING CITIZENS
The Academy DC Music & Entertainment Production Program is the first reentry program of its kind to fuse elements of music production and entertainment, radio, podcasting, acting, filmmaking as form of expressive therapy to reduce recividism and gun violence in the US. The program was developed by the Founder EZ Street and was installed by the federal government agency CSOSA in 2018.
The program skillfully weaves in employment readiness and sustainability training, group therapy sessions, life and soft skills trainings, free meals and free haircuts. Plus the ambassadors receive employment hiring opportunities via text courtesy of the Academy DC Job Bank.
THE ACADEMY DC'S FILM "MAN TIME" WINS FILM FEST AWARDS!
This short 9 minute film titled “Man Time” was created by the Academy DC for the Office Of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement
where we trained the the program’s ambassadors how to act, shoot and develop a film.
This film was directed by Joseph Austin III
Listen on Apple Podcasts Click here
Listen on Apple Podcasts Click here
PODCASTS DEVELOPED BY OUR MENTEES @ MAY OR BOWSER’S OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD
SAFETY & ENGAGEMENT PATHWAYS PROGRAM
ACADEMY DC PROVIDES YOUTH PODCAST TRAININGS
With over 30 years of radio and digital media experience under the belt, we thought it would be great to explore the idea of producing a podcast with our youth at DYRS. The goal is to train them to host and produce/edit their podcasts in Adobe Audition. #JobTraining Check out our first podcast below! #Funny
ACADEMY DC ON TV!
Congrats Ice Karim the Winner of our I GOT NEXT CHALLENGE! He won a $500 DTLR Gift Card, Free Video Shoot & Studio time courtesy of Haven House Studios. Plus the video for “Amazing” debuted in all DTLR stores nationwide and also on WUSA 9.
The Academy DC also offers media training s for our youth who appear on tv.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF LOLA DIOR AT DYRS
MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION
Each 16 week session our clients team up to create and conceptualize a music video from scratch. We first record the actual song then create the video. This is also a opportunity to expose them to cameras and the equipment used to create. Some have expressed interest in learning how to produce and we are exploring the idea of doing a few sessions on how to actually shoot and edit the videos themselves. VIDEO: Click here to see the videos they conceptualized.
LIVE PERFORMANCE TRAINING
Most of our clients are raw talents and most have never performed on stage or with a live band. We recently created a a jam session where our clients performed their verses with a live band. It was pretty amazing!
VIDEO: Click here to see how it turned out.
YOGA & CHILL
Each 16 week session we bring in our certified Yogi Akil Taffe to teach stretching and breathing techniques. Akil is also The Regional Marketing Director for RCA records. He also teaches our clients the in and outs of the record business as well. Emotional intelligence and Self Awareness are hallmarks of what we teach our returning citizens.
MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE
OMEGA STUDIOS FIELD TRIP RECAP
Our “Think About It” Ad campaign was originally funded by the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. The recent spike in the car jacking’s in Washington DC created an opportunity to develop several more ads for the district. The goal here is to encourage youth to think first and that this type of activity is not cool!
